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@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-02-04 01:19:59

@… I get failure to install offline packages – packages are the default with FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso – with UFS, vm.pageout_oom_seq=120 and 256 MB given to a VirtualBox guest.
The tail of /var/log/messages – after bsdconfig networking (to allow use of termbin.com):
Feb 4 01:05:58 pkg[1652]: FreeBSD-bzip2-lib32-15.0 installed
Feb 4 01:05:58 pkg…

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-02-28 01:59:54

DHCP not working for em(4) with outdated non-patched FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE (Virtualbox 7.2.6 host on Kubuntu 25.10).
If someone still has EoL VirtualBox 6 <freshports.org/emulators/virtu>, can you reproduce the issue?
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@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-12-29 15:24:49

@… I have numerous installations of FreeBSD as VirtualBox guests, with snapshots taken by VirtualBox.

@izzychambers@vivaldi.net
2026-02-19 16:27:27

@… There are at least two other options: VMWare Workstation Pro and KVM/QEMU. Both are free and I've tried them, as well as VirtualBox. VMWare isn't a nice company, but so far I'm happiest with WorkStation Pro. I use the VM to run Windows 11 to sync my Kobo Reader and iPhone and also to run Dragon speech recognition software. I found that WorkStationPro was bes…

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-12-27 17:50:40

@… @… I'll test in VirtualBox …

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-01-22 00:49:04

Unable to resume a paused machine in QEMU.
Is this expected, after concurrent use of VirtualBox?
<pastebin.com/raw/rhAGGbMt>
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'cont': Resetting the Virtual Machine is required
Preceding the erro…

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-12-19 21:24:22

Solved.
<old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comme> includes my rough notes from apparently successful major upgrades in VirtualBox

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-01-06 00:19:58

@…
I often name or rename a host to signify its origin, or the issue with which a VirtualBox guest (or snapshot thereof) is associated.
The screenshot here does not show any host name, but does show some of the variety in guest and snapshot naming.
I have a fairly large number of hosts that are named 'blah', because the name wil…